Fatal human bocavirus infection in an 18-month-old child with chronic lung disease of prematurity

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2015 Jan;34(1):111-2. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000000509.

Abstract

A fatal case of human bocavirus 1 pulmonary infection in an 18-month-old prematurely born child is described. Despite conventional and oscillatory ventilatory support, intractable hyperinflation developed with bilateral pneumothorax and acute cardiac failure 3 days after the onset of respiratory symptoms.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Fatal Outcome
  • Human bocavirus / isolation & purification*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Premature*
  • Male
  • Parvoviridae Infections / diagnosis*
  • Parvoviridae Infections / pathology*
  • Parvoviridae Infections / virology
  • Pneumonia, Viral / diagnosis*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / pathology*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / virology